Venerable Martyr
Bacchus
A venerable martyr of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
Life
Venerable Martyr Bacchus struggled as a monk at the monastery of Saint Sabbas and received the crown of martyrdom in the eighth century.
The Greek synaxarion says nothing else about his life, or about the place or manner of his death. He is commemorated on 11 April, according to the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style).
Commemorated the same day April 11
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